Somebody. To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw. O Mary, canst thou wreck his A thought ungentle canna be SOMEBODY. TUNE-"For the sake of somebody." My heart is sair-I dare na tell My heart is sair for somebody; I could wake a winter night I could range the world around, 71 Ye powers that smile on virtuous love, Frae ilk danger keep him free, Oh-hey, for somebody! I wad do-what wad I not! For the sake o' somebody! THE BIRKS OF ABERFELDY. TUNE-"The birks of Abergeldy." ["I composed these stanzas standing under the falls of Aberfeldy, at or near Moness, Perthshire."-Burns.] CHORUS. BONNIE lassie, will ye go, Will ye go, will ye go; To the birks of Aberfeldy? Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, The little birdies blithely sing, While o'er their heads the hazels hing, I'll aye ca' in by yon Town. 73 Or lightly flit on wanton wing The braes ascend, like lofty wa's, The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flow'rs, Let fortune's gifts at random flee, I'LL AYE CA' IN BY YON TOWN. TUNE-"I'll gae nae mair to yon town." I'LL aye ca' in by yon town, And by yon garden green again; I'll aye ca' in by yon town, And see my bonnie Jean again. There's nane sall ken, there's nane sall guess, And stowlins we sall meet again. She'll wander by the aiken tree, And by yon garden green again: And see my bonnie Jean again. THE EXCISEMAN. TUNE-"The de'il cam' fiddling through the town.' ["At a meeting of his brother excisemen in Dumfries, Burns being called upon for a song, handed these verses extempore to the president, written on the back of a letter."-Currie.] THE de'il cam' fiddling through the town, And ilka wife cries-" Auld Mahoun, The de'il's awa' wi' the Exciseman; He's danc'd awa' wi' the Exciseman! Oh, wat ye wha's in yon Town. 75 We'll mak' our maut, we 'll brew our drink, And mony braw thanks to the meikle black de'il The de'il 's awa', the de'il's awa', He's danc'd awa' wi' the Exciseman. There's threesome reels, there's foursome reels, Was The de'il's awa' wi' the Exciseman; OH, WAT YE WHA'S IN YON TOWN. 1 TUNE-"I'll gae nae mair to yon town." OH, wat ye wha's in yon town, |